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The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!)

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Hey, I put this smiley "" in it because even though SpyGate was going on, the Steelers flat out deserved to lose that game that day. I've never said otherwise. And its funny how so many people in other cities throughout the league like to talk about SpyGate as if it made much of a difference what went on during the game itself.

Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!)

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Also, I bet you were pretty cranky after watching Kordell Stewart throw it 42 times that game. Ouch.

Jerome Bettis 9 rushing attempts for 8 yards? Am I reading that right? Pitt had no running game whatsoever that game. Those have to be some of the worst running stats I've ever seen.

Let me see that box again...

Bettis was leading the league in rushing at game #11 when he had an injury, and that was his first appearance in a game in about two months.

We became a passing team over the second half of that season by necessity, which continued through the Tommy-Gun era.

Still, if special teams doesn't give up 2 TDs, in a one-possession game.. That irked me even more than the lack of running.

Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!)

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Tell you what, they've got a great coaching staff over at Steelers West and they're getting more out of that roster than I thought was possible.

The Whis is a very good coach, no question about that. He'll get the most out of that roster. But that team is going to come back to Earth. Their offensive line was shredded last night and Kobb was sacked 9 times. I remember watching a preseason game of theirs against the Titans where the O-Line was shredded like last night. They could barely evaluate Kobb vs Skelton because neither had much time to do anything with the ball. They play Buffalo next week, but after that are @ Min, SF, @GB, @ ATL. That's pretty rough four game stretch.

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The Whis is a very good coach, no question about that. He'll get the most out of that roster. But that team is going to come back to Earth. Their offensive line was shredded last night and Kobb was sacked 9 times. I remember watching a preseason game of theirs against the Titans where the O-Line was shredded like last night. They could barely evaluate Kobb vs Skelton because neither had much time to do anything with the ball. They play Buffalo next week, but after that are @ Min, SF, @GB, @ ATL. That's pretty rough four game stretch.

Looking at their schedule and roster, 5-11 still seems reasonable. Maybe 6-10. Yes, I know what that means for a formerly 4-0 team.

Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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Tim Jennings is the NFC Defensive Player of the Month. And he absolutely deserves it.

The question is why the big difference between when he played here and what he obviously is now? Did he just grow and develop into that? Was it coaching? Was it the style of defense (doesn't Chicago play a cover 2 also?)? I always felt that he gave such a big cushion to receivers because he was told to play that way. Did our coaches expect him to get beat on deep passes? He would sure look good as a Colt now although he certainly would have been swept out in the "purge"..... ...

The question is why the big difference between when he played here and what he obviously is now? Did he just grow and develop into that? Was it coaching? Was it the style of defense (doesn't Chicago play a cover 2 also?)? I always felt that he gave such a big cushion to receivers because he was told to play that way. Did our coaches expect him to get beat on deep passes? He would sure look good as a Colt now although he certainly would have been swept out in the "purge"..... ...

Chicagos base is a 2 but they take alot more chances than Indy ever did. Lots of blitzing

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The Patriots have a punishing, hard-nosed, run-through-contact running game all of a sudden. Consecutive 200+ yard games on the ground?

The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!)

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Chicagos base is a 2 but they take alot more chances than Indy ever did. Lots of blitzing

we hardly ever blitz the goal of the cover 2 is to get pressure with your front 4 and for the most part we do. We do blitz occasionally mostly nickle or LB but for the most part we don't blitz much we just rush 4 and drop 7.

our defense is silly good and Tim Jennings has been a beast ever since he has been here I dont know why the Colts let him go. Hell Kelvin Hayden has been great for us this year I think it's mainly because our front 4 is so good at stopping the run and getting to the QB our corners job is easy really. Peanut Tillman is probably our best CB of all time and the main reason is he plays the cover 2 better than anyone and still a good guy on man coverage. Tim is just really good at the cover 2 and this year has been so good at playing his man 1v1. This is the best Bears defense I have ever seen and it's scary it gets better every week.

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Jets were respectable....surprised the heck outta me

The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!)

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Rex could've saved game and maybe his job by going to Tebow. But I'm now convinced he has no idea what he has: a force of competitive nature
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